As colorful frog leaps toward extinction, scientists look for clues As colorful frog leaps toward extinction, scientists look for clues The University of Manchester October 29, 2007 Frog study takes…
China to spend $14.4 billion clean up polluted lake China to spend $14.4 billion clean up polluted lake mongabay.com October 29, 2007 China will spend $14.4 billion to clean up…
China struggles with urban pollution China struggles with urban pollution mongabay.com October 29, 2007 About 60 percent of Chinese cities still regularly suffer from air pollution and have no centralized…
Real-time satellite tracking of fires in Madagascar could help protect lemurs, forests Real-time satellite tracking of fires in Madagascar could help protect lemurs, forests mongabay.com October 29, 2007 Madagascar fires…
Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia Avoided deforestation beats timber, palm oil, in tax revenue for Indonesia mongabay.com October 29, 2007 Indonesia could more than…
Global warming puts primates at greater risk Global warming puts primates at greater risk mongabay.com October 25, 2007 29 percent of the world's primate species are in danger of going…
Kyoto Protocol is fatally flawed; replacement needed Kyoto Protocol is fatally flawed; replacement needed mongabay.com October 25, 2007 The Kyoto Protocol is fatally flawed and show be replaced by a…
>Climate sensitivity to rising CO2 levels still uncertain Climate sensitivity to rising CO2 levels still uncertain mongabay.com October 25, 2007 Climate sensitivity to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases is still…
Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments Parasites a key to the decline of red colobus monkeys in forest fragments University of Illinois at…
Google Earth adds endangered species info Google Earth adds endangered species info mongabay.com October 25, 2007 Google Earth users can now learn about 100 of the world's most endangered species…
Conservationists need to work with, not against, rural poor An Interview with Marie-Louise Felix of WWF Guianas: Conservationists need to work with, not against, rural poor mongabay.com October 25, 2007…
$100 laptop hit with production delays $100 laptop hit with production delays mongabay.com October 24, 2007 The "$100 laptop" -- a computer designed for children in poor countries -- has…
Worst mass extinctions occur when temperatures are the warmest Worst mass extinctions occur when temperatures are the warmest Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com October 24, 2007 Warming temperatures could trigger a…
Are the economic benefits of palm oil exaggerated? Does palm oil alleviate rural poverty in Malaysia? Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com October 24, 2007 While it is often argued that the…
Honda sees no future for plug-in hybrid vehicles Honda sees no future for plug-in hybrid vehicles mongabay.com October 23, 2007 Honda Motor Co. Chief Executive Takeo Fukui said plug-in hybrid…
North Atlantic carbon sinks absorbing less CO2 North Atlantic carbon sinks absorbing less CO2 mongabay.com October 23, 2007 The capacity of the North Atlantic ocean to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide…
Carbon sinks failing to keep up with emissions Carbon sinks failing to keep up with emissions mongabay.com October 22, 2007 Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) growth has increased 35 percent faster…
2007 Amazon fires among worst ever 2007 Amazon fires among worst ever Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com October 22, 2007 By some measures, forest fires in the Amazon are at near-record…
Uncontacted Amazon tribe spotted by plane in Peru Uncontacted Amazon tribe spotted by plane in Peru mongabay.com October 21, 2007 A group of uncontacted indigenous tribesmen were spotted by plane…
Brazil to search for oil in the Amazon Brazil to search for oil in the Amazon mongabay.com October 21, 2007 Brazil's plan to seek oil in the Western Amazon has…
Amazon plant diversity still a mystery Amazon plant diversity still a mystery By Jeremy Hance, special to mongabay.com October 21, 2007 Recent study of unknown Amazonian flora proves just how…
Elephants use smell to distinguish hunters from farmers Elephants use smell to distinguish hunters from farmers mongabay.com October 18, 2007 Elephants can determine whether a human is a friend or…
Costa Rica gets $26M debt-for-nature swap Costa Rica gets $26M debt-for-nature swap mongabay.com October 18, 2007 Under an agreement signed Wednesday by the governments of the United States and Costa…
Uganda cancels controversial rainforest logging plan Uganda cancels controversial rainforest logging plan mongabay.com October 18, 2007 Uganda's government abandoned a controversial plan to grant protected rainforest land to a sugar…
Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction Congo pygmies to meet World Bank President Zoellick over forest destruction mongabay.com October 17, 2007 A delegation of 'Pygmies'…
Scientists find fish that literally lives in trees Scientists find fish that literally lives in trees Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com October 17, 2007 Scientists have found a fish that literally…
Mexican fishing villages work to change practices to preserve loggerhead turtles Mexican fishing villages work to change practices to preserve loggerhead turtles University of California - Santa Cruz October 16,…
Black jellyfish, strange marine species discovered in deep ocean Black jellyfish, strange marine species discovered in deep ocean mongabay.com October 17, 2007 A 1-cm long larval squid, photographed through Russ…
After a steep drop in deforestation rates since 2004, widespread fires in the Brazilian Amazon (September and October 2007) suggest that forest clearing may increase this year. All told, since 2000 Brazil has lost…
Photo: brown and white pelicans at the Bronx Zoo Photo: brown and white pelicans at the Bronx Zoo mongabay.com October 16, 2007 For these Bronx Zoo flamingos, the mantra "you…
